Schweinfurt – Schalke Prediction & Picks (17.08.2018)

Six teams, three games, one Bundesliga club – on Friday starts the first round of the DFB Cup, in this season’s successor of Eintracht Frankfurt is sought. As the only club from the Bundesliga is on Friday, the FC Schalke 04 go. The miners get to deal with the 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 from the Regionalliga Bayern and must, as befits such a constellation, ran abroad. The underdog already has a few games under his belt this season and has been very successful so far. Royal blue may therefore be warned. And yet, in the match between Schweinfurt and Schalke, the betting odds suggest a hint to the guests, even though this is not really worth it at such low odds.

Schweinfurt:

The 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 has already completed six games in the new season in the Regionalliga Bayern and was quite successful with four wins and two draws. With currently fourteen points and 13: 4 goals Schweinfurt is currently currently in second place and has one point behind the leader Wacker Burghausen. However, Schweinfurt can still be overtaken by the second teams of the 1. FC Nuremberg and Bayern Munich, who have already catch-up games in the hindquarters. In a statistic Schweinfurt is currently but unchallenged: At home Schweinfurt could win all three games in the Regionalliga Bayern with a goal difference of 8: 1.

All season Schweinfurt has its last six league games at home all decided for themselves. Nevertheless, one should avoid the bet on the outsider in the duel of Schweinfurt with Schalke despite lucrative odds. The last season ended Schweinfurt on a good third place and will certainly play again this season up. Last year Schweinfurt was able to eliminate a club from the 2nd Bundesliga in the first round of the DFB Cup with SV Sandhausen. In round two, however, then against the eventual winner Eintracht Frankfurt was over.

Schalke:

Runners-up FC Schalke 04 remained relatively modest in the transfer market and headed for relatively little money Suat Serdar (Mainz), Omar Mascarell (Real Madrid / Frankfurt), Salif Sané (Hanover), Steven Skrzybski (Union Berlin) and Mark Uth (Hoffenheim) as most prominent access to Gelsenkirchen. However, Thilo Kehrer (PSG), Benedikt Höwedes (Lokomotiv Moscow), Coke (Levante), Leon Goretzka (Bavaria) and Max Meyer (Crystal Palace) will not play for the club. Currently there are still rumors about the obligations of Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) and especially Sebastian Rudy (Schalke), in which one wants to invest the sweeping millions. Otherwise, nothing should change in the squad of S04. The preparation of Schalke for the new season was almost entirely positive from the results.

There were victories against Hebei (China), SW Essen (Oberliga Niederrhein), SCO Angers (Ligue 1, France) and last against Fiorentina (Serie A, Italy). In addition, there was a furious 3: 3 against Southampton from the English Premier League and a 0-1 defeat at second division Erzgebirge Aue. As you can see, Schalke did not prepare for tests against the big names on the football map. Like opponents Schweinfurt, so Schalke failed in the last season in the DFB Cup to Frankfurt. At home there was a surprising 1-0 defeat for many in the semi-final. In the game of Schalke at Schweinfurt, the betting odds for the tip on royal blue just so the betting tax and are therefore hardly worthwhile.